Police said a taxi cab driver was robbed at gunpoint in Lakewood.File Photo

LAKEWOOD – A taxi cab driver was robbed at gunpoint of more than $100 late Wednesday night, police said.

The driver, a 54-year-old Jackson man, told police he had been robbed at around 11:40 p.m. by two unidentified men in the Wyndham South Townhouse Complex, authorities said.

The men got into the cab and right away one of them said they needed to get something from inside his home, police said. The robber got out of the cab, pulled out a handgun and opened the driver’s door before demanding all of his money, police said.

Both men fled on foot into a nearby wooded area with more than $100 from the victim, police said.

The men are described as black males, with one 6-foot-2 in height wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, police said. The other was 5-foot-7 in height and wearing sunglasses, police said.